What are the Essential Factors that Influence the Location of Chemical industiries?

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The chemical industry is considered as ‘knowledge intensive high technology industry’. Therefore, conventional factors like raw material availability, cheap labour and market facilities are not enough fort development of this industry. The technological advancement and attainment of know-how is a requisite for this type of industrial development.

Several reasons are responsible for the supremacy of US chemical industries. These are:

1. High degree of industrial development and stable economy.

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2. The development of science and technology.

3. Abundant raw material reserve.

4. Steady demand of the products. Distribution

The largest agglomeration of chemicai industries is visible, in the northern states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, etc.

Apart from these states, almost all other states have at least few chemicals producing units the Atlantic coastal tracts ranging from New York New Jersey. Maryland to the south-eastern state of Florida contributes more than 70 per cent of the chemical output.

ii. The industries using coke and non-ferrous materials to produce nitrogen and potash fertilisers developed near Ukraine, West Siberia and Urals. The industries producing sulphuric acid were concentrated around Ukraine. Caucasia and Moscow-Gorky area

iii. The largest concentration of heavy chemical industry, however, occurred near petroleum producing areas. This type of industry has developed near Volga, Ukraine, Caucasus, Baku and Ural regions. The larger plants are located around Chernigov, Shchokino, Sumgait, Balkovo, Nevinnamysk, etc.

Japan

i. Japan is inefficient in raw materials. More than 80 per cent of its factories are entirely dependent on imported raw materials. The only raw materials abundant in Japan in sulphur, deposited extensively by volcanic eruptions

ii. Most of the chemical plants in Japan are located within the industrial agglomerations of ‘Osaka- Kobe’, Tokyo-Yokohoma, Nagoya, Hemagi and Kyushu.

France: The industry is well-developed in regions of Lorraine, Marsai, Bordo, etc.

China: The major chemical-producing centres in China are located in its northern part. The urban centres of Nanking, Shanghai and Shantung contributes maximum of the chemical output. The other noted chemical factories are located at Manchuria, Fushun, Penki. Dairen and Anshan The largest of the Plants are located at Manchuria.

India: India is now one of the leading manufacturers of chemical products. The urban centres .of Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Kanpur, Ahmedabad are leading producing centres.

Other Countries

In the present era, several other countries have developed their own chemical industry. They are:

Spain, Belgium, Poland, Canada, Australia, etc most of these countries concentrated on the production of fertilisers, caustic soda, soda ash and different petro-chemical products.

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